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Cambodia, Ratanakiri

Bo Keo (Ratanakiri), Cambodia

Gem locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Zircon, minor sapphire, peridot.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: basalt-hosted blue zircon

Principal source of heat-treatable blue zircon from basaltic gravels, documented in gem trade sources.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Pit collapse

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